Rosberg Wins Again In Brazilian Grand Prix

Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton lost to Nico Rosberg for the second race in succession to place second at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Although this was Rosberg’s second win in a row it was still only his fifth of the season – half that achieved by his team-mate.

World champion Lewis Hamilton had to settle for second place behind his team-mate and Rosberg has now won both races since Hamilton clinched the title.

With only one race left to go in 2015, it seems possible that Rosberg could managed six wins in 2015, although a frustrated Hamilton will also be looking for a first place finish in Abu Dhabi on November 29. “Lewis put on a great challenge but I was able to control it and I was really happy with that”, he said.

Pressed for an explanation, Wolff added that Rosberg had changed his style after Hamilton’s aggressive actions on the way to victory in Texas. “I got a good balance with the vehicle”, Hamilton said.

“I’m here to race and when you have to do the same order that’s already set from the beginning, it’s relatively boring”.

“From what I saw during the session it wasn’t worth it”, said the Australian of the switch. Hamilton closed in briefly around lap 16 but, thereafter, was kept on the fringes of the DRS range.

“Nico has been driving fantastically well – in Mexico and here, and he did not make a mistake”, he said.

While third-placed Sebastian Vettel insisted that Interlagos was, in his opinion, “one of the easiest tracks to overtake on”, Rosberg delivered a more cutting riposte as he celebrated back-to-back victories at a circuit where Hamilton has yet to see the chequered flag first.

Back on track, and Rosberg lapped the entire field up to fourth such was Mercedes’ dominance here with Valtteri Bottas finishing fifth and Nico Hulkenberg sixth for Force India. “We are racing as far as I am concerned”.

“And you won the race just because of luck and the other strategy being so much quicker”.

With Massa’s results out, it meant Lotus’ Romain Grosjean is now classified as eighth, while Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen and Lotus’ other driver Pastor Maldonado are classified as ninth and tenth respectively.

“No, I’m not anxious and it’s not the most important thing”, he told a news conference. “We were a bit in no-man’s land and didn’t have anyone to fight with, but hopefully the next race we can be a bit closer”.

It was a tougher day for his team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr, who had a problem on the grid and had to start from the pitlane before retiring on the first lap.